AN: hEYY!! I know that I haven't updated for quite awhile!! I've had exams on (For those who live in Australia, New South Wales, it's the School Cert).
Firstly, I wanna talk about the "extracts". It's basically what happened in the past. In a way, it's a prequel. What happened in the past is important because it's going to connect to what is happening at the moment which is why I needed to write the extracts. I'm sorry if you find them boring. But I promise you there will be a lot of twists and surprises in later chapters. Also, I have to confirm a few things. Yes, in the past, Bulma, Juunanagou and Juuhachigou ARE siblings (But Bulma is only a half sibling). That's about all. This is probably one of the longest chapter I've written for this story.
And also...
Special thanks to the following reviewers: Kewla, Jessica, otepoti, Angelbabe14, Anonymous, Min Hee Ha, trunksgirl, dbzkeri, Android18, Bright Burning Ayla, and Rosethorn.
Now on with the story...
Visions: Reincarnation
By MistY AnGeL (pink_angel91@hotmail.com)
Chapter Six: The Past 1912 AD – A Future to Decide
Extract from: "1912 AD: A true story about two planets"
Pages 21-23
[ Bulma woke up early in the morning as usual and quickly rushed to the markets to purchase some food for her mother.
As she walked past the many different stalls, she noticed a commotion going on ahead of her. Wondering what it was, she walked up to the crowd of people and saw a large poster on the wall. Her eye's widened as she saw the words painted on the poster:
"Workers wanted on Planet Vejitasei!! You will be fed and clothed as well as paid. Please sign up by August 14th."
Bulma bit her lip as she realised that today was the 13th. She really wanted to take up this opportunity and she knew she had to talk to her mother as soon as possible.
She quickly walked around to buy fresh vegetables before she decided to head back home.
When she reached home, she saw a tall lean figure outside her house. She smiled as she recognised him.
"Yamcha!!!"
Yamcha turned around and smiled. "Good morning, Bulma! I thought I'd come and visit you. How have you been?"
Bulma smiled. "I'm alright I guess. Please come inside and have a cup of tea."
Yamcha nodded and followed her inside.
"Mother, I'm home!" Bulma said as she walked inside her small house. She gasped as she saw her mother on her knees and hand washing her clothes. She quickly rushed to her mother's side.
"Mother! You're unwell!! Don't do the washing, I'll do it!!"
Bulma aided her mother to the bed. She looked down and stared her mother's short blonde hair. Her face was rather pale and her eyes looked dull and tired.
"I've brought the vegetables for tonight's dinner. I'm going to cook up some lunch later. You just rest, okay??" Bulma said in a caring voice.
Her mother looked up at her and then gave her a sad smile. "Thank you." She then glanced at the doorway and saw Yamcha standing there.
"Good morning, Yamcha! How have you been?"
"I've been great. Did you know that people from planet Vejitasei is recruiting people to the royal palace?"
Bulma suddenly remembered what she wanted to talk about. "Yes, I saw the poster this morning. Actually, I was hoping to discuss this with you. Mother, I'm actually considering to go to Vejitasei and work there. Every month I can send back enough money for you. You won't have to work and it'll be enough for you to be able to pay for the rent and everything."
Mrs. Briefs looked at her daughter, she was truly touched by Bulma's words. "Oh sweetheart, you don't need to do this for you. I don't want to take your life away from you. You shouldn't need to become a servant on some planet far away from Earth."
Yamcha nodded in agreement. "Your mother's right. She's sick and she needs you at the moment."
"But can't you see? I'm not helping by staying here. I need to work to earn the money. You don't need to worry about me. I'll be fed and clothed. And it'll make me feel much better to know that you will be happy living with the money I'll send you. I promise I'll visit on occasions."
A tear rolled down Mrs. Briefs' cheek. She reached out and pulled her daughter close to her, embracing her. "Bulma… If you go, you have to promise me something… Whatever you do, you can't let me stop you from doing what you most want…"
Bulma nodded and sniffed as her eyes started water. "I promise, mother… But your happiness will always be my first priority."
Yamcha gave a sad sigh and decided to accept Bulma's decision. "Don't worry about your mother, Bulma. I will take good care of her." ]
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Pages 28-32
[ "Okay, next!"
Bulma slowly stepped up to the counter and rested her bag on the floor.
"What is your name miss?"
"Bulma."
"What is your last name?"
Bulma bit her lip as she remembered that she was no longer part of the Briefs family. "I… don't have one."
"So it's just Bulma? Okay, here's your tag. Board the ship when you're ready."
Bulma nodded as she took her tag. She turned to her mother and Yamcha standing in the near distance. She picked up her bag and slowly walked towards them.
"So I guess this is it… The final goodbye…" Bulma whispered. She gave her mother a hug. "I'll miss you so much. Please do not worry about me."
As they let go of each other, her mother pulled out a small paper package. "I baked these cookies for you incase you were hungry on the ship. These are one of your favorites."
Bulma reached her hand out and accepted the package, a feeling of homesickness already appeared inside her.
"All workers must board the ship as soon as possible!!!" One of the Saiyans yelled.
Bulma nervously held the package in her hands. "I think I should leave now."
She embraced Yamcha. "Take good care of my mother for me," she whispered.
"Don't worry, I will," he replied reassuringly.
Bulma then placed the package in her bag and waved goodbye. "I will miss you both. I'll try to visit as soon as I can! Good bye!"
She turned around and walked towards the entrance of the ship where many people were boarding. Before she entered it, she turned around and glanced at her mother and Yamcha one more time before entering.
Inside, the ship looked very modern and clean. The seats were lined up neatly and it looked very comfortable. Bulma found her seat number and realised it was right next to a raven haired girl.
She put her bag in the compartment before sitting down. The raven girl looked up and smiled at her. "Hey."
"Hello," Bulma said uneasily. "What's your name?"
"I'm ChiChi, yours?"
"I'm Bulma."
"Nice to meet you, Bulma. Do you happen to be going away to earn money for your family?"
Bulma nodded. "Yes, my mother is very sick and my father isn't very supportive."
"That's too bad. My parents are still together but I have too many siblings. So I volunteered to help out."
"Well, my father left me and my mother when I was eight years old. He had five wives and a lot of kids. I guess me and my mother weren't so important to him. Besides, now he only lives with one of his wives."
"Really? What a bastard. How old are you now?" ChiChi asked.
"Sixteen. And you?"
"I'm sixteen too!! You know, I think that we could keep each other's company during our times in Vejitasei. Who knows what kind of creeps are out there. We should stick together."
Bulma nodded. "You're right."
"God… If my father kicked me and my mother out of the house, I don't know what I'd do." ChiChi started.
"You have absolutely no idea…" Bulma said quietly. She slowly started to remember some horrible things that her stepmother had done.
*Flashback*
"Bulma!!!! Bulma!!! Where is my soup???" Hikari screamed loudly. She was sick with a flu in bed yet she was throwing a fit.
Bulma quickly ran inside with her mother. Mrs. Briefs held a small bowl of soup and handed it to Hikari.
"It was about time!" Hikari commented as she took the soup. She then frowned and spat it out. "Is this what you call soup??? It tastes horrible!! Are you trying to poison me?? What did you put in this??"
"Please calm down. It's herbal medicine. It's good for you and it's the only one I could find in the market. You should drink it," Mrs. Briefs answered.
"I will not drink such filth!!" Hikari yelled as she pushed the soup back into Mrs. Briefs' hands. But Mrs. Briefs kept on trying to pursue her.
"You must drink this. Medicine was never made to taste good. It will restore your health. It is important that you drink this," Mrs. Briefs tried to explain.
"DON'T FORCE ME TO DO ANYTHING!" Hikari screamed as she pushed the bowl away with all her might.
The force caused Mrs. Briefs to fall backwards. The bowl fell from her grasp and turned upside down, causing the hot liquid to splash onto herself and also Michika who was sitting on the floor (AN: At that time, Michika was only five and Bulma was eight, okay??).
Michika started to wail loudly as she felt the liquid burning her skin. Hikari's eyes widened as she got out of her bed and picked Michika up. She then turned to Mrs. Briefs and glared at her. "What on earth do you think you're doing?!?!?!?!"
Soon, Dr. Briefs rushed in to see what the commotion was about. Juuhachigou and Juunanagou followed behind him.
"What's going on???" Dr. Briefs demanded.
Hikari quickly put on a frown and rushed to her husband's side. "Honey, she's a monster!! Look what she did to Michika?? She spilt hot soup all over her!! This will scar her skin!!"
Dr. Briefs glared at Mrs. Briefs. "What are you trying to do??"
Mrs. Briefs quickly got up from her feet. "I'm extremely sorry. It was just an accident."
"An accident?!?!?!" Hikari screeched. "That was no accident!! You did it on purpose didn't you??? You wanted to hurt my precious Michika!! How could you??"
Hikari walked up to Mrs. Briefs and glared at her. She then slapped her across the face, causing Mrs. Briefs to sprawl on the floor. Bulma's eyes widened as she saw her helpless mother on the floor. She quickly rushed to her father and dropped to her knees. "I beg you to stop all this, please father!! Mother didn't intentionally do any harm!!" Tears were rolling down her cheeks.
"I don't want to hear about it! I'm sick and tired of this," Dr. Briefs began.
"But honey, you can't let them go without being punished first!" Hikari cut in. This caused Bulma's blood to boil and she slowly stood up and stomped towards Hikari. "Why do you always lie?!?!?! I'm sick of your lies!! You KNOW that it was mother's good intentions to purchase the herbal medicine!! Yet you refused, and now you are trying to put the blame on mother!! What kind of a person are you?!?!?!"
Dr. Briefs growled as he stepped towards Bulma. "It's about time you learn some respect, you insolent child!!"
"No! It's about time you stop-" but before Bulma could continue she felt a sharp slap across her face, causing her to fall backwards.
"I feed you! I clothe you!! I pay for all your expenses!! Is it wrong for me to ask you to give me some respect?!?!?! How dare you talk back to me!! Both you and your mother should know your place in this household!!"
Being stubborn as ever, Bulma was not quite finished. "Well, if only knew what a bitch Hikari is-" she quickly shut her mouth when she saw her father lunge at her. Dr. Briefs would have beaten her to a bloody pulp if Juuhachigou and Juunanagou didn't step in and grab on both of his arms.
"GET OUT!!! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW!!" Dr. Briefs screamed.
Bulma slowly helped her mother up to her feet. Both of them trudged out of the room without saying a word.
*End of Flashback*
"I can't believe the nerve of that Hikari woman!!" ChiChi said furiously as she heard Bulma's story. "If I were you, I'd probably have left long ago."
Bulma nodded. "Well, it's all in the past now. I have no reason to dwell on the past. I have a new life in front of me."
"So whatever happened to your two stepsiblings?" ChiChi asked.
"You mean Juuhachigou and Juunanagou? Well, they were the closest siblings I had. I hated Michika. She was so spoiled."
ChiChi gave her new friend a small smile. "Well, I bet you her life won't turn out that great."
Bulma nodded. Suddenly, both of them heard a low hum as if an engine was coming to life.
"Hey! I think the ship is about to take off!!" ChiChi exclaimed happily. They both stared out the window and saw the ship slowly ascend from the ground.
"Please put on your seatbelts and get ready for take off. Destination is Vejitasei. The time will be approximately two days and five hours." ]
End of Extract
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"Bulma! Snap out of it! What exactly are you thinking?" ChiChi asked, interrupting Bulma's thoughts about Vegeta. They were both in a seminar room supposedly "studying".
Bulma sighed. "Okay, don't take this the wrong way. But it's about Vegeta." She saw the grin on ChiChi's face. "It's not what you think! It's just that, everything was going so well the night before. And did you see him this morning? He was acting really grumpy. We've gone back to the beginning again."
ChiChi shrugged as she pulled out a notepad. "You're just thinking too much. He probably just woke up on the wrong side of the bed."
"Sometimes… things can happen without an explanation. I felt something last night. I swear he felt it too."
ChiChi raised an eyebrow. "Like what?"
"It's really hard to explain. I got some sort of… vision. It just felt so strange coz it was like part of my memory except I knew that it's never happened before."
ChiChi placed a palm on Bulma's forehead. "Well, you're temperature seems fine. Are you sure you're feeling alright?"
"Chi! I'm trying to be serious here!" Bulma protested.
ChiChi nodded. "Well, sometimes unexplainable things do happen. Unless it happened on more than one occasion, I wouldn't think too much about it."
There was suddenly a loud beep and Chi took out her cell phone. "Well, I just got an SMS from Goku. I better go now. I promised to meet him before lunch." ChiChi started to shove her notebook in her bag. "Just try not to worry about these sorts of things."
Bulma nodded as they both exited out of the room and down a flight of stairs.
"I'll see you at lunch time, cya!" ChiChi said as she disappeared into a hallway. Bulma walked the other direction towards the lockers. She kept her head low as she stared at the floor. Her mind was in deep thought. I'm so confused! I don't know what's going on. Why is Vegeta acting that way?? I really thought that last night meant something. I'm sick of his mind games…
Bulma suddenly crashed into a muscular body. She looked up and saw Vegeta. He smirked as he stared down at her.
"I didn't expect to see you here, woman," he said.
Bulma didn't feel like arguing with him at the moment. "Look, Vegeta. Don't bother talking to me. I seriously don't understand you."
She turned around and started to walk away when a hand grabbed her wrist. Vegeta pulled her towards him so her back was leaning against his chest. He lowered his head towards her ear.
"Something strange is happening and we both know it. I just want you to know that I am going to find out what it is and until I do, we should stay away from each other," Vegeta whispered.
Bulma shivered as she felt his hot breath against her skin. Vegeta then let go of her and walked away, leaving her standing there all alone.
AN: Sorry to end at such a weird place. Vegeta will come in the next chapter into the extracts!! Yay!!! I've actually made the Saiyans seem like nice people. Even though in many fanfics, Saiyans seem really evil, from the episodes that I watched on DBZ, I don't reckon they seem bad. I mean, I thought King Vegeta was a really nice and had morals.
Well anyway, I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible. Please review and tell me what you think!!!